A lot of my gigs are acoustic jazz in small venues. In the past I could not use new coated batter heads with brushes because they would drown out the other instruments. It sounded almost like sawing small boards with a hand saw. These batter heads feel smooth to the touch with your fingers but they are perfect for brush work and light sticks and still keeping all the instruments in balance. This head is particularly useful for metal snare drums which seem to increase the volume and give clarity to my brush strokes. I highly recommend the 14" Renaissance Ambassador batter head.

I play jazz and this head is the closest I've found to the feel and sound of genuine calf (I'm a former calfskin user). It's brush response is great and lasts longer than any other head I've tried. The Fyberskin 3 heads are wonderful for the toms but I find that when used for the snare batter, the surface tends to bubble from the oils of your hands (when playing cross-sticked bossa novas). The Renaissance head doesn't do that! I been using this head since it was introduced and I find that only change it about every 8-12 months. It's that good!

These heads worked the best for my wood snare drums. I bought a new pearl 10x 4 the other day and these drumheads made it sound killer. I turned around and bought one for my 12x 6 and that snare had a that deep fat tone that I've always been trying to get. Other heads worked but were not as durable as this one. I took this one on tour with me for two weeks through sunshine, rain, and a lot of hard loud playing, unmiked of course, and these heads held up unlike some of the other heads I've played in the past.

Remo Renaissance Ambassador heads are great for jazz and are perfect for brushes. Unlike regular coated heads, they still sound good with brushes even after they've been played for a long time. On toms and bass drum they sound warm and resonant.

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